Chapter 158: The Suns' Only Advantage
"This bastard!" Channingfrye looked at Griffin helplessly. Since Gobert showed his potential, the Suns have increasingly given the opportunity to play and practice to Rudy, and the power forward position itself is the most competitive position in the Suns, the Morris brothers, PJ Tucker, and even Lee Mojab and Gerald Green can play this position, so Fry's playing opportunities are naturally compressed.
"I'm sorry, my!" Markieff Morris gestured apologetically to Frye.
Next, the Suns attacked, Ramon Sessions advanced to the front court and saw that it was Paul who defended him, although Paul was only 183cm, and the defense was related to height, but he couldn't defend if he wasn't short. Although Paul is short but has a strong body, he is stable in the lower game, can withstand people, and his defensive skills are also very good, Paul is rarely out of position in defense, and there are steals but rarely gambling steals (Paul's greatest thing is that he gets so many steals when the defense is not out of position. Many guards have won steals multiple times, such as Allen Iverson's three career steals, but Iverson mostly steals through gambling defenses, often causing obvious out-of-position. Few people in the back line can touch him, not only the guard line, Liu Wei, the main point guard of the 08 Olympic National Team, was hit by Paul 4 or 5 meters away, which shows the power gap between the two!
There is another big reason why Paul defends well, that is, Paul's small actions are particularly many, small actions are more controversial, some people understand it as dirty, some people understand it as defensive skills and experience, the best defensive player Dream Green is questioned because of the many small defensive actions, but it does not affect him to become the best defensive player, Paul's small actions are many, but they are very hidden, and he can usually avoid the eyes of the referee.
Therefore, Ramon Sessions called Frye out of the interior to block the fire and still did not get rid of Paul, so he decisively handed over the ball to Li Mojie to deal with and did not hit hard.
"Look at the alignment between Lee Mojie and Barnes, the alignment between these two will determine the performance of both teams in this round of the playoffs!" Brin on the podium knows how to capture the attention of the crowd and his opening immediately captivates the fans.
"That's right, the only position that the Suns have an advantage in opposing is the small forward position, and this position is also the weakest position of the Clippers, which is why the Clippers win less and lose more in the regular season against the Heat and the Thunder!" Van Gundy added.
Due to the reason why the Lakers are ranked second to last in the West this year, the Hollywood stars who originally supported the Lakers this year have come to the Clippers, comparing everyone to the same arena, and the Lakers' record in recent years is inferior to that of the Clippers, which also creates favorable conditions for the Clippers to attract fans.
Among the stars currently on display are Hilary Swank, Terry Hatchell, Sophia Bush, Lindsay Lohan, Heidi Klum and others.
"Come on, Marc Jerry!" Of course, there are also Li Mojie's parents in California, and Mrs. Mary cheered loudly for Li Mojie.
However, no matter how many viewers support you, you can't play on the field instead of you, and it depends on yourself what you play!
So Li Mojie stood on the wing of the three-point line with the ball, and the others pulled away, and Li Mojie put on his signature tentative step to obviously single Barnes.
"What do you kid think you can do? Well, eat me alone, did you forget to be in the locker room in your head? The grumpy Barnes watched the Suns see themselves as their weakest link, and he angrily spewed trash talk.
"Oh? What do you look like, don't you have a few counts in your heart? Li Mojie was not to be outdone.
"You kid!" Barnes is an impulsive and grumpy master - as you can see from the tattoos on his body, Li Mojie's provocation makes him very frizzy and unhappy.
But Li Mojie didn't care so much, probing and retreating, in a season, the Suns gave him plenty of singles opportunities, the only person on the court who had singles tactics on the Suns, plus the one-on-one coaching that the team sent to coach Tyrone, Li Mojie's singles skills are simply a radical change compared to a year ago!
Hearing Barnes' breathing getting shorter, he suddenly glanced at Middleton next to him, and then burst inside.
"What!" Barnes secretly screamed badly and immediately chased after him, and at the same time, Jordan Jr. on the other side was also quickly making up for the defense inside.
However, how could Li Mojie not know how powerful Little Jordan is? If you blatantly rush to the inside like this, you will be blocked by the Clippers' crazy inside, this is their strong point, both of them are monsters with amazing athleticism, is he not clear what kind of player Jordan Jr. is? DeAndre Jordan is an exciting big man, with a rare explosiveness and physical condition among players who are nearly seven feet tall, and the advantages in height, weight and explosiveness are enough to make him a feared blocker for opposing players. But his technique is still very primitive, and his offense is limited to dunks and fast-break follow-up layups.
So Li Mojie did not compete with Little Jordan for speed, but inadvertently slowed down, and then easily stopped and jumped after Barnes pounced!
Hold the ball in both hands and hit it directly on Barnes, then aim for the basket and shoot!
"Huh"
"Beep beep!"
Two voices rang out almost at the same time!
"Nope! This guy hit me on purpose! Barnes yelled.
"No matter what, you're fouled, you hit Li Mojie's hand when he was shooting!" Whoever enters the playoffs in this game can do so, so the league did not arrange two teams, but let the two teams play separately, and it was obvious when Barnes fouled, and the referee naturally couldn't treat it as if he didn't see it.
"Huh!" Li Mojie walked to the free throw line with a smile on his face, and then hit the free throw, as if he was laughing at Barnes!
"This guy!" Barnes is simply mad, who doesn't know that the name of his defensive titan league doesn't know that a fledgling rookie can look down on himself so much?
"Calm down, Matt, that rookie did it on purpose, they just wanted to provoke you on purpose. Don't be fooled! Chris Paul, who was next to him, saw that Barnes's mood was not right, and quickly comforted him.
Even Brin, Van Gundy and others on the commentary stand know that the only point for the Suns to win is their small forward Li Mojie, don't Rivers and Paul know the brains of the Clippers? It's just that the Clippers really don't have anyone on the front line, and the only ones who can play at the small forward position are Matt Barnes and Danny Granger, Danny Granger was very powerful before he was injured, an All-Star level small forward, the star of the Pacers, in the 2012-13 season, at the beginning of the season, Granger was out indefinitely because of a knee problem. After about four months of recuperation, Granger returned to action. From Feb. 24 to March 2, Granger played in five games for the Pacers against the Pistons, Warriors, Clippers, Raptors and Bulls, but he was in poor form, averaging just 5.4 points per game while shooting 28.6 percent from the field and 20 percent from three-point range. On March 29, 2013, Danny Granger announced that he had undergone surgery on his left knee and was out for the season.
In 2013-14, Granger played 29 games for the Pacers, averaging 8.3 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists while shooting 35.9 percent from the field.
On February 21, 2014, the Pacers completed a trade with the 76ers, and the Pacers sent Danny Granger in exchange for Evan Turner and Lavoy Allen from the 76ers.
On February 27, 2014, the Philadelphia 76ers and Danny Granger completed a buyout agreement, in which Philadelphia allowed Granger to sign with another team that qualified for the playoffs.
On March 1, 2014, Danny Granger officially joined the Los Angeles Clippers, as for why he signed him, doesn't Paul know that Danny Granger is not as good as before? Of course he knew, and he understood even after Danny Granger signed that the Thunder's death in the regular season could still wreak havoc on the Clippers' forward in the playoffs.
There is only one reason, because Granger is cheap, only $360,000 a year, and the luxury age of the 13-14 season is 71.48 million, and the Clippers' salary at this time is only $74.57 million and includes amnesty players, how can this not make Clippers owner Sterling happy?
In the 2013-14 season, Danny Granger played 12 regular season games for the Clippers, averaging 8.0 points and 2.3 rebounds in 16.2 minutes per game, and has been completely reduced to a role player.
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